diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index e6d3070..59f1776 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@
 	together and put after the cover letter. Can appear multiple
 	times.
 
+Commit-notes:
+blah blah
+blah blah
+more blah blah
+END
+	Similar, but for a single commit (patch). These notes will appear
+	immediately below the --- cut in the patch file.
+
  Signed-off-by: Their Name <email>
 	A sign-off is added automatically to your patches (this is
 	probably a bug). If you put this tag in your patches, it will
@@ -227,7 +235,7 @@
 Change-Id:
 Review URL:
 Reviewed-on:
-
+Commit-xxxx: (except Commit-notes)
 
 Exercise for the reader: Try adding some tags to one of your current
 patch series and see how the patches turn out.
diff --git a/tools/patman/commit.py b/tools/patman/commit.py
index 900cfb3..89cce7f 100644
--- a/tools/patman/commit.py
+++ b/tools/patman/commit.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         changes: Dict containing a list of changes (single line strings).
             The dict is indexed by change version (an integer)
         cc_list: List of people to aliases/emails to cc on this commit
+        notes: List of lines in the commit (not series) notes
     """
     def __init__(self, hash):
         self.hash = hash
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
         self.tags = []
         self.changes = {}
         self.cc_list = []
+        self.notes = []
 
     def AddChange(self, version, info):
         """Add a new change line to the change list for a version.
diff --git a/tools/patman/patchstream.py b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
index c204523..684204c 100644
--- a/tools/patman/patchstream.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 re_cover_cc = re.compile('^Cover-letter-cc: *(.*)')
 
 # Patch series tag
-re_series = re.compile('^Series-([a-z-]*): *(.*)')
+re_series_tag = re.compile('^Series-([a-z-]*): *(.*)')
+
+# Commit series tag
+re_commit_tag = re.compile('^Commit-([a-z-]*): *(.*)')
 
 # Commit tags that we want to collect and keep
 re_tag = re.compile('^(Tested-by|Acked-by|Reviewed-by|Cc): (.*)')
@@ -90,6 +93,20 @@
         if self.is_log:
             self.series.AddTag(self.commit, line, name, value)
 
+    def AddToCommit(self, line, name, value):
+        """Add a new Commit-xxx tag.
+
+        When a Commit-xxx tag is detected, we come here to record it.
+
+        Args:
+            line: Source line containing tag (useful for debug/error messages)
+            name: Tag name (part after 'Commit-')
+            value: Tag value (part after 'Commit-xxx: ')
+        """
+        if name == 'notes':
+            self.in_section = 'commit-' + name
+            self.skip_blank = False
+
     def CloseCommit(self):
         """Save the current commit into our commit list, and reset our state"""
         if self.commit and self.is_log:
@@ -138,7 +155,8 @@
                 line = line[4:]
 
         # Handle state transition and skipping blank lines
-        series_match = re_series.match(line)
+        series_tag_match = re_series_tag.match(line)
+        commit_tag_match = re_commit_tag.match(line)
         commit_match = re_commit.match(line) if self.is_log else None
         cover_cc_match = re_cover_cc.match(line)
         tag_match = None
@@ -165,6 +183,9 @@
                 elif self.in_section == 'notes':
                     if self.is_log:
                         self.series.notes += self.section
+                elif self.in_section == 'commit-notes':
+                    if self.is_log:
+                        self.commit.notes += self.section
                 else:
                     self.warn.append("Unknown section '%s'" % self.in_section)
                 self.in_section = None
@@ -178,7 +199,7 @@
             self.commit.subject = line
 
         # Detect the tags we want to remove, and skip blank lines
-        elif re_remove.match(line):
+        elif re_remove.match(line) and not commit_tag_match:
             self.skip_blank = True
 
             # TEST= should be the last thing in the commit, so remove
@@ -211,9 +232,9 @@
             self.skip_blank = False
 
         # Detect Series-xxx tags
-        elif series_match:
-            name = series_match.group(1)
-            value = series_match.group(2)
+        elif series_tag_match:
+            name = series_tag_match.group(1)
+            value = series_tag_match.group(2)
             if name == 'changes':
                 # value is the version number: e.g. 1, or 2
                 try:
@@ -226,6 +247,14 @@
                 self.AddToSeries(line, name, value)
                 self.skip_blank = True
 
+        # Detect Commit-xxx tags
+        elif commit_tag_match:
+            name = commit_tag_match.group(1)
+            value = commit_tag_match.group(2)
+            if name == 'notes':
+                self.AddToCommit(line, name, value)
+                self.skip_blank = True
+
         # Detect the start of a new commit
         elif commit_match:
             self.CloseCommit()
@@ -276,7 +305,7 @@
                 out = []
                 log = self.series.MakeChangeLog(self.commit)
                 out += self.FormatTags(self.tags)
-                out += [line] + log
+                out += [line] + self.commit.notes + [''] + log
             elif self.found_test:
                 if not re_allowed_after_test.match(line):
                     self.lines_after_test += 1